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Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. SIR® 30
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Appendix E: SIR 30 Maintenance Tool
Overview
You have been provided a SIR 30 Maintenance Tool on a GSSI USB flash drive marked “S30 MAINT”.
This utility should be kept in a safe location. Although you will be able to download the utility from the
website, we wanted to provide it directly so you would not need to go looking for it. It provides many
troubleshooting tools for both the SIR 30 host as well as client computers including:
SIR 30 Update finder:
If you plug the utility into a web enabled computer it will find the latest SIR 30
UI and firmware versions on our website and ask you if you want to download it to the maintenance
utility. Each version released will come with a document explaining what steps need to be taken to push
the changes to the SIR 30.
SIR 30 Updater:
If you plug the utility into the SIR 30 and ckick Update SIR 30 UI, it will allow you to
update the software on the SIR 30 unit.
SIR 30 Version verifier
: upon activation, the tool will show you the installed UI and host version, both
for your SIR 30 unit and, if activated from a laptop, the versions which are currently installed on the
laptop. This comes to help you verify that the four versions match.
SIR 30 Firmware Updates:
Pressing the “Prep System for Firmware Updates” button will copy the
firmware from the maintenance utility to the SIR 30 and open the SIR 30 UI in an update mode. It is only
from this utility that you will be able to open the versions screen and make changes to your firmware.
SIR 30 Client Setup:
The maintenance utility can be used to set up any Windows 7 or Vista computer to
act as a SIR 30 client.
SIR 30 Troubleshooting:
Nearly any button can be pressed within the utility to help issues you may
have run into. Any change that could have an adverse effect is explained before you are allowed to
continue (at your option).
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To run it: Just insert it into your SIR 30 (or other computer), Open it, and Right-click on
SIR 30_MaintenanceTools and select Run as administrator.
What it is not:
Not a Recovery Disk:
This tool is not a recovery disk for the operating system of the SIR 30. If there is
a hardware issue that results in a disk failure in the field the SIR 30 would need to be returned to an
approved GSSI service center (most likely GSSI itself).
Not a Data Transfer Utility:
This tool is not intended for data transfer of dzt files.
Not a USB Security Key:
This tool is not a USB security key like the keys previously shipped with
RADAN 6.6 or earlier.